Do you know what it means to be provided for by Allah? It is when Allah blesses you with a life beyond your wildest imagination—a life you could never have envisioned for yourself. Here’s an important point to remember:
What Allah provides may not always be what you expect—it might not be a person, a job, or wealth. But when Allah grants you His provision, your life will transform into something so extraordinary that you could never have imagined it.

You’ll feel so much joy and gratitude that you’ll want to share it, but you’ll struggle to find the right words to describe it. Even those around you who seem boastful will come to admire you. This is the essence of Allah’s divine provision.

I translated Moe Moe’s post in Burmese.

အရှင့်ဘက်က အစားပေးတယ်ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲ အသင်သိပါသလား?

အလ္လာဟ်အရှင်မြတ်က အသင့်အတွေးထဲမှာ တောင် မရှိတဲ့ ဘဝမျိုးကို ချီးမြင့်ခြင်းပါ။

ဒီမှာ အရေးကြီးတဲ့အချက်တစ်ချက်ကို မှတ်ထားပါ။

အရှင်မြတ်အစားပေးတဲ့အရာက လူ ၊အလုပ်အကိုင်၊ ပိုက်ဆံအစရှိတဲ့ အရာတွေဖြစ်ချင်မှ ဖြစ်ပါလိမ့်မယ်။

ဒါပေမဲ့ အရှင်မြတ်အစားပေးပီ ဆိုရင် သင့်ဘဝကြီးက သင့်အတွေးထဲတောင် ပုံမဖော်ဖူးတဲ့ ပုံစံ ဖြစ်လာပါလိမ့်မယ်။

ပီးတော့အသင်စိတ်ချမ်းသာရလွန်းလို့ ဒီအရာတွေကို ပြောပြချင်ပေမဲ့ အဘိဓာန်မှာ ခက်ဆစ်ရှာမတွေ့တဲ့အထိဖြစ်ပါလိမ့်မယ်။

နောက်ဆုံးပါတ်ဝန်းကျင်မှာ မော်ကြွားမော်ကြွားလုပ်နေတဲ့သူတောင် အသင့်ကိုအားကျရပါလိမ့်မယ်။

ဒါဟာ အသင့်ကို အရှင်မြတ်ဘက်တော်မှ အစားပေးခြင်းပါ။

MoeMoe

A Personal Testimony: Blessings in Disguise

After I got married, my relatives misunderstood me. I also failed the exam for my Master’s in Surgery four times. I felt ashamed, as though the entire city of Mandalay, my relatives, acquaintances, and those in the medical field looked down on me. In my despair, I prayed to Allah to send me somewhere remote, like Nagaland, where roads are only usable for four months a year, just so I could avoid everyone. But Allah, in His infinite mercy, sent me to Malaysia instead. Alhamdulillah.

As the saying goes, “Man proposes, but Allah disposes.” Looking back at my past failures despite my repeated efforts, I now see them as blessings in disguise from Allah.

I was even denied the chance to attend the internal MSc Surgery program in Myanmar, with the Director General of Medical Education bluntly stating they wouldn’t give “a Kalar” that opportunity. I resigned from my prestigious teaching position in Surgery and later migrated. Now, reflecting on my journey, I realize it was all part of Allah’s plan. I didn’t lose anything—Burma lost the services of its Muslims.

If I had remained in service, I would have had to keep my mouth shut. Instead, I am now able to serve Myanmar’s Muslim community by exposing the persecution, discrimination, religious cleansing, ethnic cleansing, and genocide they face. Alhamdulillah.

If I had been allowed to pursue my MSc in Surgery under General Ne Win or received MRCOG training in Singapore or the UK earlier, I would have faced trouble later. Even after passing the MRCOG Part 1, the UK Royal College imposed unfair regulations, refusing to recognize my MBBS from Mandalay, which I had earned in 1975, based on a new law introduced in 1984. Despite my efforts to fight this injustice through a UK Medical Insurance Company in Hong Kong, I was unsuccessful.

I even wrote to former PM Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore when applying to NUS, predicting they would reject me despite my qualifications exceeding their requirements.

Now, I understand that Allah loves me and blessed me with those seemingly disguised failures so that I, my family, and my descendants could enjoy bountiful provisions (rizq) beyond my dreams.

Not only was I granted a successful career as a general practitioner, but my children, Alhamdulillah, have also been able to stay and work in Malaysia, where opportunities are vast for them. Who knows? One of my grandchildren might become a great scientist, doctor, Nobel laureate, successful businessperson, or even a Prime Minister or Minister—if they work hard and Allah wills it, especially as they are Bumiputra (Prince/Princes of the soil) in Malaysia.

Advice to Young Muslim Students in Myanmar

To the young Muslim students of Myanmar: Do not be disheartened by discrimination. Instead, work harder to prove to those bigots that you are not at their mercy—you are better than how they treat you. Allah will always look after you, InshaAllah.

Stay strong, keep faith, and strive for excellence. Your struggles today may be the foundation for blessings you cannot yet imagine.